Vienna
2,000 years
of European history,
in one city
     
 
The
Spanish
Riding
School


The horses in a Renaissance palace


Protected by the UNESCO (intangible heritage list) the Spanish Riding School is the only riding school in the world which has taught the classical art of riding from the Renaissance through to today, being passed from generation to generation by word of mouth and not in a written form.

 
 

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"There is no secret
so close as that between
a rider and his horse."


R.S. Surtees
(1805-64)
(Journalist and novelist)



Musical interlude


Wild Horses
The Rolling Stones


Music and
lyrics
Michael Jagger
and Keith Richards